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Data-driven environmental decision-making and action in armed conflict
A digital revolution through a myriad of earth observation data and open-source investigations is reshaping our understanding of the environmental ca…
5 years, 3 months ago
Overcoming the disconnect: environmental protection and armed conflicts
Environmental effects of armed conflicts do not only result from the conduct of hostilities but also from toxic or hazardous remnants of war, excessi…
5 years, 3 months ago
Fighting without a Planet B: how IHL protects the natural environment in armed conflict
Armed conflicts from Kuwait to Vietnam continue to remind us that the environment can be deeply scarred by war, a reality that climate risks now magn…
5 years, 3 months ago
Standing together: the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations
Today’s climate and environmental crises threaten the very survival of humanity. The Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations, …
5 years, 3 months ago
Preparedness in urban operations: a commander’s planning checklist to protect civilians
Implementing international humanitarian law’s (IHL) precautionary measures for both defending and attacking forces is a challenge in urban conflict. …
5 years, 3 months ago
Where are they? Three things the families of missing persons teach us about war and peace
Protecting family links and helping to prevent and, whenever possible, resolve cases of missing persons requires action during armed conflict and oth…
5 years, 3 months ago
In good faith: legal advice during aerial targeting in urban areas
Military legal advisers today play a key role during various military operations, including aerial targeting in urban areas, and State militaries wil…
5 years, 3 months ago
War and the city: a history
As long as there have been cities, wars have been staged within them. While the term ‘urban warfare’ conjures more recent images of hollowed building…
5 years, 3 months ago
Urban warfare: an age-old problem in need of new solutions
Urban warfare is not a new phenomenon; cities have featured as a stage for violence since humans began building them, and images in recent years – fr…
5 years, 3 months ago
A common enemy: aggregating intensity in non-international armed conflicts
Contemporary non-international armed conflicts are increasingly fought by a myriad of non-State actors, often engaging in hostilities against a commo…
5 years, 3 months ago